Risk Analysis in Building Fire Safety Engineering

A. Hasofer, V.R. Beck, I.D. Bennetts

208 pages, parution le 20/12/2006

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Résumé

This book bridges the gap between risk assessment and fire safety engineering like few other resources.

As all required knowledge for Probability and Statistics for Fire Engineering is included in the preliminary chapters, the book is suitable for teaching Fire Engineering components in a wide range of engineering courses for senior graduates and for postgraduate students of Fire Engineering. It will also serve as a comprehensive reference for professionals.

This book describes the theory and the models involved in risk analysis, and includes case studies of multiple fire scenarios. Building fire safety and human behavioural responses to these scenarios show the benefits of risk-based fire safety design.

L'auteur - A. Hasofer

A. Hasofer - Former Professor of Statistics at the University of New South Wales.

L'auteur - V.R. Beck

V.R. Beck - Deputy President, Society of Fire Safety, The Institution of Engineers, Australia.

L'auteur - I.D. Bennetts

I.D. Bennetts - Professorial Fellow, CESARE Victoria University of Technology

Sommaire

General description of building fires, elements of probability theory
BETA reliability index
The Monte Carlo method
Event and fault trees
Performance based optimal design
Risk analysis of fire initiation
Personal factors in a fire
Probabilistic modelling of barrier resistance
A stochastic fire growth model
A stochastic model of smoke spread
A stochastic model for human behaviour
Performance assessment of fire safety systems
stochastic modelling of fire brigade response
Case study: risk analysis of an assembly hall
Case study: the building at 140 William Street

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Butterworth-Heinemann
Auteur(s)	A. Hasofer, V.R. Beck, I.D. Bennetts
Parution	20/12/2006
Nb. de pages	208
Format	17 x 24,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	470g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780750681568
ISBN13	978-0-7506-8156-8